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Has 'coolness' conquered our economy?

Trade Review
'Takes us to the dark side of post-industrial economies, the side where exploited labour, disorganised infrastructure, and cultural hyperbole are the terms of trade' -- Toby Miller, author of Makeover Nation: The United States of Reinvention
'At last the book that critical students of cultural studies have been waiting for! Asks us to reconsider the power of modern consumer capitalism and its ability to reshape everyday life' -- Dr Nick Stevenson, Reader in Sociology & Social Policy, University of Nottingham

Table of Contents
Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction - On 'Cool'
1. The Spirits of Capitalism
2. The Great Refusal
3. Consumer Culture
4. Market Values
5. Working Life
6. Anti-Capitalism Revisited
Notes
Index

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      Publisher: Pluto Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 09/10/2009
      ISBN13: 9780745326405, 978-0745326405
      ISBN10: 0745326404

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Has 'coolness' conquered our economy?

      Trade Review
      'Takes us to the dark side of post-industrial economies, the side where exploited labour, disorganised infrastructure, and cultural hyperbole are the terms of trade' -- Toby Miller, author of Makeover Nation: The United States of Reinvention
      'At last the book that critical students of cultural studies have been waiting for! Asks us to reconsider the power of modern consumer capitalism and its ability to reshape everyday life' -- Dr Nick Stevenson, Reader in Sociology & Social Policy, University of Nottingham

      Table of Contents
      Preface and Acknowledgements
      Introduction - On 'Cool'
      1. The Spirits of Capitalism
      2. The Great Refusal
      3. Consumer Culture
      4. Market Values
      5. Working Life
      6. Anti-Capitalism Revisited
      Notes
      Index

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